Even if the above actions fail, you should receive a 'help file'
from the list robot (or the list owner) that reveals the secrets of
cyberspace and instructions on how to leave their list.
Find the instructions
Follow the instructions you received (and carefully saved!) when you
first joined the list. No luck? Then ...
Find where you saved the instructions by using 'find' to search your
email directory or hard disc. No luck? Then ...
Find the instructions by searching the list archives (on the list
web site or via email commands). Look for a helpful message (e.g. from
the List Owner), or...
Take out a second subscription!! (You may need to do
this with a new name or a new address.) Why? Because when you
subscribe you receive information about how to unsubscribe! Now that
you know what to do, remember to unsubscribe from both
addresses! Still subscribed? Then...
Check your subscription details
Unless the ListOwner has disabled this option ... Take a look
at the list of list members (on the list web site or via email
commands) and see if you can spot the name you used when you first
subscribed. Look carefully: you might have misspelled your name, put
it in quote marks or added a thank you message. This means that if you
subscribed as: 'Home R Simpsn' Thanks! you
will need to unsubscribe as: 'Home R Simpsn'
Thanks! and ...
... while checking your name, also check your address. Have you
changed your address, or your alias, or your service provider, or your
account settings on your email software? and ...
If the 'to' header for your incoming mail from the list shows your
address, check that it is exactly the same as the address from
which you are sending your 'unsubscribe' request. This is because some
list servers get their information from message headers and may also
not have any interest in the text of the message that you send.